George Washington

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The historic events that took place before 1877 made life the way it is today. Everything that happened in history has an impact on today’s society. History before 1877 is very interesting because it lets us know what we were to what we became. To get a better ideal of some significant events that took place before 1877, I did a book review on “George Washington” by Calista McCabe Courtenay. In the book it gives an overview on George Washington life. Courtenay writes this book to give readers an better understanding of Washington biological life. The things I will discuss in this paper is first give a summary Calista McCabe Courtenay book “George Washington”, give her of point of view of writing this book, as well of what she’s trying to establish, also I will discuss her background and some of the books she has publish, and for finial reference I will evaluate the qualities of Courtenay’s writing and make an final impression on this book.
This section contains a summary on “George Washington” by Calista McCabe Courtenay. Courtenay writes a biography on George Washington life. In this biography she discusses major events of Washington experiences. Such as, the American Revolutionary War in 1775; were he got elected, and also how he led a mission to the Ohio River Valley to dismiss the French, but made a mistake on killing a French shoulder. The events Courtenay talks about are in chronological order by date and give a short summer on what happened. She also talks about Washington family; his parents were Augustine and Mary Ball Washington, but father later died in 1743. As a finial conclusion Courtenay talks about Washington leadership, she discusses how he people praise him from childhood to adulthood.
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I will recommend this book for anyone that interested on what of person George Washington was. And also, I will recommend this to be a requirement book to read for a History class so students get very quick outline of George Washington life. Even though not much information provided in this book on the events Washington experience, but it can give an overview on what happed in these events. In normal History books it doesn’t tell George Washington biography, so if want to know about his this is a must read.
This critical thinking book review has evaluated the book “George Washington” by Calista McCabe Courtenay. The history Courtenay present in her biography on George Washington was events that happen before 1877. Unfortunately she doesn’t goes over every significant historic event, but gives someone ideal of how interesting history can be.

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